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By Blake Apgar Las Vegas Review-Journal

May 10, 2017 - 5:33 pm

A Las Vegas police officer who has fired his gun on the job four separate times will be recognized at a national awards ceremony Friday.

Metropolitan Police Department officers Sam Solorio and Dave Corbin will receive an honorable mention award at the annual Top Cops Awards dinner in Washington, D.C., for their work in an officer-involved shooting last year.

The awards are held by the National Association of Police Organizations.

Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.

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